Rick Ankiel, pitcher-turned-outfielder.

[AKILLA]

doc.hyphae

Boston_24

doc.hyphae

So far Rick Ankiel has a .296 BA with 3 homers, 6 RBI and 1 double in 7 games and 27 at-bats. cool

I think he provided that spark the Cards needed to make a push for the division lead.

Yeah, the Cardinals have a new life all of a sudden. I didn´t see what was wrong with them before, though: Pujols, Rolen, Molina, Edmonds, Eckstein... It´s a great lineup. Maybe it was their pitching. Whatever it was, Ankiel has brought them within 2.5 games of first place in the division.

Pitching was a problem for them this season especially with Carpenter going down. The way I see it if Ryan can keep hitting like he was before he was sent down, Ankiel keeps hitting like he is right now, Pujols turns it on a little more, Duncan adds a little more protection for Pujols in the fourth spot, and Rolen along with Edmonds stay healthy, the Cardinals have a pretty good chance at the division. If anything, the lineup looks pretty nice for next year.  

[nickpotkovac]

Good for him  

[steven_81]

Yes i think rick ankiel is going to be good he came just in time to help the st/louis cards he gave that momentum.  

[big_man_9221]

That just goes to show how good Major Leaguers are, but Ankiel is a specail one gotta give it up to him. He came in time to save the Cards and give them another look at the post season its still a close race between them the Brewers and the Cubs).  

[doc.hyphae]

Thank you for all of your nice comments, guys.

Rick Ankiel has batted 39 times in 12 games, hitting .282 with 4 homers, 8 RBIs, 8 runs and a .641 slugging percentage. Meanwhile, the Cards are 61 and 64 but are in the lead today, 5-4, vs. the Braves.  

[Boston_24]

Ankiel responds to HGH report

Don't know why nobody hasn't talked about it. I want to hear others opinion on this.  

[doc.hyphae]

Boston_24

Ankiel responds to HGH report

Don't know why nobody hasn't talked about it. I want to hear others opinion on this.

I mentioned it in the All-Sports-News forum. It's really disappointing; I was really excited about Ankiel, his comeback and his story, which I thought was the best baseball story this year. But the HGH issues tarnished all of my views on him. The same with Troy Glaus and Jay Gibbons, but Ankiel's usage of steroids really discouraged me from liking him.  

[MC icedog]

He's a cheater. This is outragous. And to think that I hadn't heard about it until 3 days after he was caught (Tuesday). I knew this story was too good to be true. Something like this can happen, but it seemed he was doinn a bit too good. If he wasn't a powerful at hitter 3 years ago, how could he be so powerful now?  

[big_man_9221]

icedog123

He's a cheater. This is outragous. And to think that I hadn't heard about it until 3 days after he was caught (Tuesday). I knew this story was too good to be true. Something like this can happen, but it seemed he was doinn a bit too good. If he wasn't a powerful at hitter 3 years ago, how could he be so powerful now?

3nodding 3nodding 3nodding  

[Boston Sports Fan]

Him using HGH ruin this great story but I'm pretty sure people have moved on. I actually like watching him play defense. He's got a massive cannon.  

[JapaneseKariOut]

He had used HGH before he came back. It was one hell of a surgery. They needed to recontruct almost everything in his arm. It was on doctor's orders.

 

[Boston Sports Fan]

JapaneseKariOut

He had used HGH before he came back. It was one hell of a surgery. They needed to recontruct almost everything in his arm. It was on doctor's orders.

Where did you here this from?